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Join geneticist Spencer Wells and a team of technicians from National Geographic's Genographic Project as they trace the human journey through time and space, from our origins in the heart of Africa to the ends of the world. Cutting edge science, coupled with a cast of New Yorkerseach with their own unique genetic historywill help paint a picture of these amazing journeys. Narrated by Kevin Bacon.

I was intrigued with the subject of our human DNA and deep history even before I joined the Genographic Project. Spencer Wells' DVD and book "The Journey of Man" was...Read complete review

I was intrigued with the subject of our human DNA and deep history even before I joined the Genographic Project. Spencer Wells' DVD and book "The Journey of Man" was fascinating, but of course scientific knowledge advances. This update uses an imaginative setting to refresh and add to our knowledge of the subject....well done Spencer Wells and National Geographic. We need more emphasis on how we are all alike, not the skin-deep differences. Although there was a Turkish New Yorker involved, it would have been good to have also found an Iranian, Iraqi or Palestinian to take part....but I understand all the people involved did live on one street in New York City. I'm buying one for myself and grandchildren, and one for a gift for my brother.

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The mapping of the human genome and what we learn about the connections that exist between seemingly unconnected people could be interesting. But it is not here. The film opens with a large effort...Read complete review

The mapping of the human genome and what we learn about the connections that exist between seemingly unconnected people could be interesting. But it is not here. The film opens with a large effort to collect DNA samples from a diverse group of people. Then we follow their stories. But it is the same story in every case: we are all connected. The narration repeats this over and over. There are slick graphics of world maps, theoretically interesting stories of people that really are not interesting, and little bits of science along the way. Those bits of science might have been interesting if they had been given more time. Instead, they were lost in the continuous loop of we are all connected. This presentation is horribly dumbed down. We were completely disappointed.

This program is about the Genographic project, and provides the scientific evidence that we truly are all cousins on a single human family tree. It also demonstrates the mythological nature of race. Powerful, moving, persuasive, evidence-based, and inspiring. Everyone should see this.

As one who has been working on our family genealogy many years I found "The Human Family Tree" very interesting and informative. It was however a thinly veiled commercial for the Genographic Project and should have been included with the purchase of the Project.

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Chart your past explorations, your travel destinations, or the roots of your family tree with our personalized, earth-toned world map. National Geographic's award-winning cartography is available as a map that is yours to customize. Specify up to 70 characters of your choice for the map titleThe Wells Family Travels or The Hill-Brown Family's Genealogy, for example. Includes 20 each of five different colors of map pins to mark the locations that inspire memories and spark your imagination.

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